This is the 1st I've heard of this. Is this the way her worthlessness is going to be handled now? Is this the bend?
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This is the 1st I've heard of this. Is this the way her worthlessness is going to be handled now? Is this the bend?
- Sep 27, 2005
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McCain Mocks Tire Inflation: I Guess He Doesn't Read Edmunds
Our Tire Gauge is Nicer
Back in May, we instituted a company-wide experiment to see how much gas we could save if we properly inflated our tires. On average, our employees' tires were 7-percent under inflated, which is much better than the government's estimation of 26-percent under inflation for the average American. However, if the nearly 250 million registered passenger vehicles in the United States (according to a 2005 Department of Transportation study) were only 7 percent under inflated, and brought their tires up to the specified level, together they would save about $23 billion per year. Think about how much we could save if that 26-percent number was used.
Who would've thunk it possible that we here at Edmunds would be ahead of the political curve? When a woman at a town hall meeting asked Sen. Barack Obama about what sorts of steps normal Americans can take to lower their energy costs, he suggested making sure their tires are properly inflated. Within hours, the McCain campaign starting arguing that Obama's new energy plan amounted to nothing more than keeping your tires inflated and Sen. McCain himself mocked it as a ridiculous notion. The McCain campaign is even selling tire pressure gauges with "Obama's Energy Plan" written on them. Could they possibly get more snarky?
Of course, John McCain himself reversed his position on tire inflation two nights ago.
"I agree with the American Automobile Association," McCain said. "We should all inflate our tires. And I think the American Automobile Association is right, as well as others are. But the fact is, that doesn't serve as a plan for us to become independent on foreign oil ... Could I mention that Sen. Obama a couple of days ago said that we all ought to all inflate our tires and I don't disagree with that. But I also don't think that that's a way to become energy independent."
Let's put aside the validity of Obama's actual energy plan, and whether any of it is a good idea or not. To say that filling your tires is the only part of it is completely untrue. In fact, Obama's eight-page energy plan doesn't even mention properly filling your tires. I'd actually prefer if there were more items in his plan that talked about easy ways for average Americans to do their bit. Simple tasks like checking your tire pressure and turning off household lights and electronic devices add up, and it's the easiest way to cut our energy usage. It's just common sense and the McCain campaign is mocking it.
